Fall Festivities

I really enjoyed this year's pumpkin patch visits and Halloween because Maycie-Grace had so much fun! I thought last year was tons of fun but this year was even better. She got to do more things and was more excited (just what mommy and daddy love!). Additional Pictures:

So we started our fall festivities at Tate's Farm in Meridianville. My momma and I took Maycie-Grace on this little outing. Maycie-Grace enjoyed picking up all of the pumpkins and petting the animals the most.

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Jeremiah and I then took Maycie-Grace to the Great Pumpkin Patch in Hayden. On this trip we picked out our family pumpkin. The highlight of this trip was Maycie-Grace getting to ride a horse. She was SO excited! She wanted to ride the horse again!

Then Maycie-Grace and I made Halloween snacks for our family. I love to bake and it is so special to have my child to help me out! Can't beat it!
We then took Maycie-Grace to our church's fall festival. We met up with Maycie-Grace's cousins. They had a lot of fun in the bouncy houses & slides and getting to eat all of the yummy treats. Let me just say that the Fall Festival was like a mini fair. Our church is large and they do everything LARGE! So exciting to see such a great turn out (why we only got to do the bouncy house & slide) and they mentioned at church on Sunday that MANY people visited the information center and said they had a lot of fun and really appreciated what the church did for the children in the community. Hopefully we got a few more people to check out our church! :)


And we carved our pumpkin. I guess I should say Jeremiah and Maycie-Grace carved our pumpkin. She enjoyed helping daddy out and loved seeing her pumpkin lit up!


And then we went Trick-Or-Treating!!! Miss Maycie-Grace was a bumble bee aka "butterfly". She kept calling it a butterfly so we just finally let her be a butterfly! :) She was a hit and I think she knew it! It was a great evening and I just loved seeing our sweet girl with her sweet cousins. Such a blessing!


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Reed turns 2!

My sweet nephew turned 2 on Saturday! He had a Thomas The Train birthday party. We had to laugh because Jack's birthday brought the heat, Maycie-Grace's birthday brought the rain and Reed's birthday brought the cold! Boy was it cold! Thankfully they were able to set up his table in their garage and we had the rest of the party in the house. So we did not have to rough it out! :)He had a great turnout and A LOT of fun! A perfect little boy's birthday party!

All ready to go but too cold!

The rest of the weekend was spent with my wonderful family. I cooked my famous "War Eagle" Chili and tried some new recipes this past weekend (I love to cook). My sister Carletta and brother-in-law Jim came down for the party and spent the night with us. We always enjoy their company and wish we could see them more often!

Auburn vs. Tennessee Game

This past weekend Jeremiah and I went to Knoxville for the game. Maycie-Grace stayed with Aunt Andrea & Uncle Hank and had a great time playing with Jack and Reed. It was the first time in over 18 months that she has spent the night away from us (only the third time ever). I missed her but enjoyed getting to spend the weekend with Jeremiah. We woke up Saturday morning and took Maycie-Grace to my sister's house. She started playing and when I gave her a hug and kiss good bye she said "No, No" because she thought we were taking her from them. That made me feel better knowing she would rather be with them anyway! Crazy to want your child to reject you, but it did make me feel better about leaving her! These momma feelings! :)

Jeremiah and I drove to Knoxville and walked around the campus. I am biased but I have yet to see a campus as beautiful as Auburn (no bama fans, no comparison! :)). The one thing that I wanted to see was tailgating on the water! I am a HUGE fan of tailgating and of the lake so that would be an ideal day for me. Of course there were more Tennessee tailgaters but we did see this boat.
We had a yummy dinner at Calhouns on the River and then headed back to the stadium. Thankfully we walked right up to Tiger Walk and got to cheer on our Tigers as they entered the stadium. There were tons of Auburn fans. A lot more than I expected. They had us all dispersed in the stadium so it probably didn't look like there were many. They had the smallest visitors section. And not to mention that some people still wore orange for the game! Gotta plan that a little better people! We had on our blue so we would not be mistaken in anyway as a Tennessee fan! :)

The game was great. I love a game like that where we are winning but it is still a competitive game. After the win we headed down to praise our team as they headed into the locker room. WAR EAGLE!!!!

Before the game prayer-what I like to see!THE COACH! :)

Trooper-I love his energy!
Trooper

This is another reason I like Trooper and the entire coaching staff. He went around and shook each of the players' hands while they were warming up. I don't care what the haters say, that is a great relationship between a coach and the players!

So Chris Todd was the first to make it down to us. As you can tell I was a little excited and knew my camera was off but wanted to go for the handshake over the picture. Still got half of his face though! :)
Daren Bates was the cutest thing. He just stood there and smiled for a lady that could not get her camera to work. He was there for quite a while. It worked out for me because I got to take a picture of him too.

We spent the night in Knoxville and then had breakfast and headed back to see our sweet girl. My sister said she had a lot of fun and despite her being a little girl, she plays very rough with the boys! She said she holds her own! That's our girl! :)

Maycie-Grace goes to the Fair

This past Tuesday we took Maycie-Grace to the Cullman fair. Last year she did not have a clue about what was going on so we were excited for this year. This year she just wasn't impressed! We first put MG on the firetruck with cousins Jack & Reed. She didn't look too happy and sure wasn't when it started moving. I had tears in my eyes laughing so hard (Yes, I am a mean momma that way)! She didn't cry but you could tell she was startled and not a fan! We then rode the merry-go-round and the Ferris Wheel. I have to say that I have changed a bit. I could not have been happier to have the Ferris Wheel ride end! My mind goes crazy on those rides since I have gotten older! So we ended the evening with cotton candy and lemonade. I have wonderful memories of the fair from when I was little so it was nice to be able to do the same thing with my own child. Who knows, maybe next year she will love it!

Auburn vs. Mississippi State Game

SO GLAD IT IS FOOTBALL SEASON!!! Last weekend we headed to Auburn for the MS game. We arrived in time to tailgate and then go to the game. Thankfully we had great weather since Maycie-Grace was in tow. She had a lot of fun and now asks me every day "Where's Aubie?" I tell her that he is at his school.

I was a little apprehensive about a toddler at a game in the evening but she did great. We stayed until 4 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter (an hour and a half past bedtime). We only left because we were winning and knew it would stay that way!!! Maycie-Grace could have stayed the whole game.

Maycie-Grace was quite the crowd pleaser She caught on quickly about how to shake her shaker for "WAAAAAAAAAAAR EAGLE, HEY!" She clapped every time our section got excited and danced with the band and the music in the stadium. She also met some new friends. The couple in front of us had two school age boys and she took up with them. We couldn't get her to sit with us after she met them. We are thankful to them and Jarmon for entertaining MG the whole game!
At Tiger Walk
Waiting on the TIGERS!!
Tailgating


Jeremiah, Maycie-Grace & Jarmon. This picture still makes me laugh! Jarmon was such a good sport to hold Maycie-Grace's hand (she was a HUGE fan of his). They received so many looks. I just walked behind them and laughed! One lady was ahead of them and turned around saying things to Maycie-Grace and she ran into a sign and fell down with it! Thankfully she was okay but I have laughed about it since. I do that so try not to fall around me!:)

Waaaaaaar Eagle Hey!

No matter how many times I see it, it still gives me chills! How awesome would that be to get to run out with that smoke and thousands of people cheering you on?!?!

Never underestimate the power of food to entertain!

We were able to do this a lot that night!

Maycie-Grace and her new friends!
"Hey old family!"

One of the many faces she was making before we left-need I say delirious?!

Sunday:

She was impressed with the letters.

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY MAYCIE-GRACE(continued)!!!

Maycie-Grace & her birthday card from her preschool friends

Maycie-Grace's birthday crown!

Her final party for her 2nd birthday!

Really a pro at blowing out candles now!

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY MAYCIE-GRACE!!!

The birthday girl all ready for school!

Today is Maycie-Grace's 2nd Birthday! She will be 2 at 1:29 pm. It blows my mind that it has almost been two years since I held her for the first time. I think back about who I was exactly 2 years ago as we anxiously waited on our sweet baby girl to arrive. I wasn't "me" then because I always knew deep down there was more to me than just me and by marrying my wonderful husband and then becoming a mother, I feel like I became me. It was a dream come true and one of those moments where your prayers are answered and faith becomes seen. I will NEVER be the same and for that, I am eternally grateful to my best friend, God.

Our lives have been so blessed with Maycie-Grace. I dreamed my whole life about being a wife and mother and to be able to live that dream is a blessing from God. God couldn't have picked out a more perfect gift for us (biased, I know). She has brought so much joy into our lives and she is the apple of momma's and daddy's eye! Our cup runs over!!!

So this morning I made Maycie-Grace's traditional birthday breakfast-Homemade Pancakes! Yummy! Even though I wanted to spend the entire day with our birthday girl, she is at school today because they celebrate their birthdays and I did not want her to miss out on that. The whole school will be enjoying her cupcakes at lunch today (I had Mrs. Barnett make them because they have all asked about the finger! LOL!)! I know she is excited! So I am off to make her cupcakes for our little family dinner/party this evening!!!

Happy Birthday to Maycie-Grace!! (notice the red around her lips-she is quite impressed with Chapstick at the moment!)

Yummy!Pancake Breakfast- 2 years Pancake Breakfast- 1 year
Pancake Breakfast- 1 year
Pancake Breakfast- 1 year

1:29 September 14, 2008

September 14, 2007

Daddy & his Maycie-Grace